Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 60 64
Rank change year-on-year -56 +4 -14
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,559 1,856 3,642
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.67% 4.33% 3.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.26% 4.64% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,106 972 2,716
10th Percentile £47,875 £50,000 £42,749
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% -16.13%
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year -3.57% +14.37% -9.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68,838 39,983 83,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.88% 93.25% 83.85%
Number of salaries quoted 44,890 21,039 60,407
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,903 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 29 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 29 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -53 1,424 £75,000 +3.45% 309
UK excluding London -108 722 £67,500 -3.57% 246
London +3 712 £85,000 - 115
Work from Home -31 673 £69,310 -0.99% 191
North of England -58 320 £69,310 -3.74% 79
South East -72 176 £67,500 -1.82% 83
North West -64 163 £75,000 +7.14% 52
Yorkshire -37 95 £69,308 -5.94% 17
Midlands -80 79 £67,500 - 26
South West -87 66 £52,500 -23.39% 27
North East +12 62 £65,000 -9.72% 11
West Midlands -63 56 £77,500 +10.71% 16
East of England -29 40 £60,100 -3.84% 11
Scotland -71 28 £62,500 -20.70% 9
East Midlands -75 22 £65,000 - 10
Wales -39 10 £53,171 +2.25% 7
Northern Ireland -34 8 £62,500 +25.00% 5
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 27 (1.73%) Apache Spark
2 17 (1.09%) Confluence
3 14 (0.90%) IIS
4 13 (0.83%) Apache
5 12 (0.77%) CMS
5 12 (0.77%) OpenStack
6 10 (0.64%) JBoss
6 10 (0.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.38%) WordPress
9 5 (0.32%) Camunda
9 5 (0.32%) Drupal
10 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.26%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.19%) Liferay
12 2 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
12 2 (0.13%) nginx
12 2 (0.13%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (0.58%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.38%) PlantUML
3 5 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.19%) Maya
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.064%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 5 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.26%) Oracle Retail
2 4 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.13%) Shopify
5 1 (0.064%) Actimize
5 1 (0.064%) Endur
5 1 (0.064%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.064%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.064%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.064%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 834 (53.50%) AWS
2 644 (41.31%) Azure
3 308 (19.76%) GCP
4 246 (15.78%) Serverless
5 156 (10.01%) SaaS
6 136 (8.72%) GitHub
7 131 (8.40%) Azure DevOps
8 117 (7.50%) AWS Lambda
9 102 (6.54%) Amazon S3
10 91 (5.84%) Amazon EKS
11 83 (5.32%) AWS CloudFormation
12 70 (4.49%) Amazon SQS
13 69 (4.43%) Amazon ECS
14 65 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
15 59 (3.78%) Azure Service Bus
16 49 (3.14%) Azure AKS
17 46 (2.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 45 (2.89%) GitHub Actions
19 44 (2.82%) Datadog
20 41 (2.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 60 (3.85%) Broadband
2 22 (1.41%) Network Security
3 11 (0.71%) DNS
3 11 (0.71%) MQTT
4 8 (0.51%) HTTP
4 8 (0.51%) VPN
5 7 (0.45%) DHCP
5 7 (0.45%) DMARC
5 7 (0.45%) Firewall
6 6 (0.38%) AMQP
6 6 (0.38%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (0.38%) Internet
6 6 (0.38%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.32%) LTE
8 4 (0.26%) RFID
9 3 (0.19%) Hyperconnected
9 3 (0.19%) Modbus
10 2 (0.13%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.13%) SNMP
10 2 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 203 (13.02%) NoSQL
2 197 (12.64%) MongoDB
3 179 (11.48%) PostgreSQL
4 92 (5.90%) MySQL
5 80 (5.13%) SQL Server
6 78 (5.00%) Relational Database
7 75 (4.81%) Elasticsearch
8 58 (3.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 54 (3.46%) DynamoDB
10 44 (2.82%) Amazon RDS
11 40 (2.57%) Redis
12 31 (1.99%) BigQuery
13 30 (1.92%) Big Data
14 24 (1.54%) RDBMS
15 11 (0.71%) Pinecone
16 10 (0.64%) DB2
17 8 (0.51%) Power BI
18 7 (0.45%) Hadoop
19 6 (0.38%) Data Lake
19 6 (0.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 195 (12.51%) Git
2 143 (9.17%) GitLab
3 127 (8.15%) Jenkins
4 57 (3.66%) TeamCity
5 44 (2.82%) JUnit
6 41 (2.63%) JIRA
7 37 (2.37%) Cucumber
8 31 (1.99%) CircleCI
8 31 (1.99%) Mockito
9 29 (1.86%) Cypress.io
9 29 (1.86%) Maven
10 26 (1.67%) Claude Code
11 17 (1.09%) SonarQube
12 15 (0.96%) JMeter
12 15 (0.96%) Selenium
12 15 (0.96%) Vite
13 12 (0.77%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.51%) Postman
14 8 (0.51%) REST Assured
14 8 (0.51%) Visual Studio
General
1 440 (28.22%) Finance
2 301 (19.31%) Social Skills
3 162 (10.39%) Banking
4 132 (8.47%) Public Sector
5 93 (5.97%) Law
6 90 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
7 85 (5.45%) Retail
8 75 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 55 (3.53%) Financial Institution
10 46 (2.95%) Back Office
11 32 (2.05%) Telecoms
12 26 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (1.48%) Marketing
14 19 (1.22%) Advertising
15 17 (1.09%) Billing
16 15 (0.96%) Legal
17 14 (0.90%) Aerospace
18 11 (0.71%) Games
19 10 (0.64%) Front Office
19 10 (0.64%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 533 (34.19%) Developer
2 398 (25.53%) Senior
3 326 (20.91%) Software Engineer
4 223 (14.30%) Architect
5 214 (13.73%) Lead
6 136 (8.72%) Full-Stack Developer
7 133 (8.53%) Java Developer
8 118 (7.57%) Senior Developer
9 116 (7.44%) Java Engineer
10 111 (7.12%) Senior Software Engineer
11 106 (6.80%) .NET Developer
12 86 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
13 66 (4.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 62 (3.98%) Principal Engineer
15 61 (3.91%) Software Developer
16 57 (3.66%) Lead Developer
17 54 (3.46%) DevOps Engineer
18 50 (3.21%) Senior Java Engineer
19 48 (3.08%) Java Software Engineer
20 43 (2.76%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 341 (21.87%) React
2 339 (21.74%) .NET
3 282 (18.09%) Node.js
4 273 (17.51%) RESTful
5 267 (17.13%) Spring
6 239 (15.33%) Spring Boot
7 218 (13.98%) REST
8 203 (13.02%) Kafka
9 135 (8.66%) AngularJS
10 116 (7.44%) .NET Core
11 111 (7.12%) ASP.NET
12 109 (6.99%) Vue
13 86 (5.52%) ASP.NET Core
13 86 (5.52%) gRPC
14 83 (5.32%) HTML
15 74 (4.75%) CSS
16 67 (4.30%) .NET Framework
17 65 (4.17%) RabbitMQ
18 56 (3.59%) OAuth
19 53 (3.40%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 444 (28.48%) Cloud Native
2 270 (17.32%) Distributed Systems
3 109 (6.99%) Product Ownership
4 72 (4.62%) Enterprise Software
5 68 (4.36%) Legacy Systems
6 50 (3.21%) Greenfield Project
7 46 (2.95%) Video\Live Streaming
8 45 (2.89%) Over-the-Top Content
9 36 (2.31%) Algorithms
10 35 (2.25%) Data Structures
11 27 (1.73%) Public Cloud
12 26 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
13 25 (1.60%) Distributed Architecture
13 25 (1.60%) Onboarding
14 23 (1.48%) Mobile App
15 22 (1.41%) AI Agents
15 22 (1.41%) Blockchain
16 21 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
17 20 (1.28%) PKI
18 18 (1.15%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 94 (6.03%) Linux
2 40 (2.57%) Windows
3 20 (1.28%) Unix
4 8 (0.51%) Android
5 7 (0.45%) CentOS
5 7 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.32%) Debian
6 5 (0.32%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.26%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.064%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 787 (50.48%) CI/CD
2 641 (41.12%) Agile
3 577 (37.01%) Software Engineering
4 571 (36.63%) DevOps
5 390 (25.02%) Containerisation
5 390 (25.02%) Full-Stack Development
6 361 (23.16%) Mentoring
7 326 (20.91%) Test Automation
8 309 (19.82%) Event-Driven
9 296 (18.99%) Continuous Improvement
10 293 (18.79%) AI
11 286 (18.35%) Infrastructure as Code
12 278 (17.83%) Problem-Solving
13 200 (12.83%) Scrum
14 189 (12.12%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 187 (11.99%) Technical Leadership
16 183 (11.74%) Coaching
17 178 (11.42%) Clean Code
17 178 (11.42%) TDD
18 165 (10.58%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 526 (33.74%) Java
2 404 (25.91%) Python
3 351 (22.51%) SQL
4 342 (21.94%) JavaScript
5 319 (20.46%) C#
6 256 (16.42%) TypeScript
7 128 (8.21%) Go
8 51 (3.27%) Scala
9 49 (3.14%) PHP
10 46 (2.95%) C++
11 44 (2.82%) Bash
12 30 (1.92%) C
13 28 (1.80%) Ruby
14 23 (1.48%) PL/SQL
14 23 (1.48%) Rust
15 22 (1.41%) PowerShell
16 19 (1.22%) Kotlin
17 16 (1.03%) Shell Script
18 13 (0.83%) Bicep
18 13 (0.83%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 183 (11.74%) Security Cleared
2 171 (10.97%) Degree
3 120 (7.70%) SC Cleared
4 93 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (3.66%) AWS Certification
6 32 (2.05%) DV Cleared
7 28 (1.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 26 (1.67%) Azure Certification
8 26 (1.67%) CISSP
9 21 (1.35%) Master's Degree
10 18 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
11 14 (0.90%) DBS Check
11 14 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (0.71%) CISM
13 9 (0.58%) AWS Certified Developer
14 8 (0.51%) PhD
15 5 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.32%) GIAC
15 5 (0.32%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (6.99%) QA
2 42 (2.69%) Accessibility
3 34 (2.18%) GDPR
4 33 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (1.54%) PCI DSS
6 23 (1.48%) NIST
7 21 (1.35%) SOC 2
8 14 (0.90%) GRC
9 11 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
10 10 (0.64%) NCSC
10 10 (0.64%) WCAG
11 8 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.26%) IFRS
14 3 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.13%) SEPA
16 1 (0.064%) Data Quality
16 1 (0.064%) ISO 20022
16 1 (0.064%) SLA
System Software
1 454 (29.12%) Docker
2 17 (1.09%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.19%) Firmware
4 2 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.064%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 487 (31.24%) Kubernetes
2 298 (19.11%) Terraform
3 87 (5.58%) Grafana
4 86 (5.52%) Ansible
5 48 (3.08%) Prometheus
6 25 (1.60%) Argo
7 23 (1.48%) Kibana
8 15 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
9 13 (0.83%) Puppet
10 12 (0.77%) Cilium
11 8 (0.51%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.26%) Packer
12 4 (0.26%) Podman
13 3 (0.19%) Istio
13 3 (0.19%) Nagios
13 3 (0.19%) Rancher
14 2 (0.13%) MIIS
14 2 (0.13%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 175 (11.23%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.23%) Google
3 51 (3.27%) Oracle
4 45 (2.89%) Typelevel
5 24 (1.54%) OpenAI
6 20 (1.28%) Dynatrace
6 20 (1.28%) Splunk
7 16 (1.03%) AppDynamics
8 14 (0.90%) IBM
9 13 (0.83%) Red Hat
10 11 (0.71%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (0.64%) Adobe
12 9 (0.58%) Guidewire
12 9 (0.58%) Salesforce
12 9 (0.58%) SendGrid
13 8 (0.51%) Cisco
14 7 (0.45%) Databricks
14 7 (0.45%) HubSpot
14 7 (0.45%) ServiceNow
15 6 (0.38%) Palo Alto